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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Wishing you a Happy Halloween! I've been counting down the days to this spooky candy filled holiday. My hubby and I have our front yard decorated with ghosts, a big black cat, and purple and orange twinkle lights to make it fun for the trick-or-treaters. We love handing out candy and seeing all the costumes. Since I grew up in the country we never had trick-or-treaters so I look forward to this night each year.

Okay, enough of my rambling. Here is some information about this Square Halloween Card. I went a little out of my comfort zone and used lime green as my accent colour. I can say this, it definitely gets your attention. The design elements came from the recipe challenge at Catch the Bug blog. The recipe is to use one circle and three brads. The silhouette cat digital image is from Bugaboo digital stamps. Well, thanks for stopping by my blog and beware of all the ghosts and goblins out tonight.

Monday, October 29, 2012

Hello! It's Mojo Monday and since this is the last week of the month that means the sketch is for a round or square card. This Give Thanks Card is 4.5" square, I keep telling myself one day I'll challenge myself to make a round card but not today. The stamp is from the dollar bin at Michaels and it worked perfectly with this sketch. Thanks for stopping by my blog.

We are so excited to have you join us for this Special "HALLOWEEN" Blog Hop!

We have some great prizes and even some BLOG CANDY when you visit our DT's Personal blogs! A few of the ladies wanted to show their love for you visiting, so they are offering up some great blog candy!

In keeping with casual style this card has one main focal point. The corrugated punched flower helps draw the eye to the sentiment. There you have it, a pretty simple casual card. Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Good evening! The wind blew in colder weather today. Yesterday here in Oklahoma it was 85 degrees and today the high was around 59. It definitely feels like fall now and it arrived in time for Halloween next week. I have plenty of Halloween cards made, but I realized I needed to make more handmade Thanksgiving cards. So, this afternoon that's what I did. This Perfectly Preserved Thanksgiving Card was made using this weeks Freshly Made Sketch. The patterned paper is from the Orchard Harvest collection by Stampin' Up! I really love all the colours in this paper collection. Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Hello! Today ColourQ meets CASology with this Wild Halloween Card. The cue word at CASology is WILD. The first thing that comes to my mind is the zebra pattern. The zebra stamp was quite large so I masked about a third of it to make it more narrow. Combine that with the ColourQ colours and the end result is a simple, savvy, and spooky handmade Halloween card! Thanks for stopping by my blog and have a wonderful day!

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Good afternoon! I have another Halloween card to share with you today. This Frightening Feline Card was made using the sketch from the Mojo Monday challenge. I love the Frightening Feline stamp by Stampin' Up! After I bought it I put it away and this is the first time I've used it. Shame on me because it's super cute. Thanks for stopping by my blog and have a great day!

Monday, October 22, 2012

Hi there! I hope your day is going well. I'm still working on my Halloween cards to send to my family and friends. It's nice to work this into all the fun Halloween challenges going on right now. This Window Cat Halloween Card is linked to the following challenges:

When you think of something sweet, what comes to mind? Chocolate, cookies, cake, fruit, or ice cream? This weeks theme at Created With Love Challenges is Something Sweet. I created this You're So Sweet Card using a free digital stamp called Icecream by Sliekje digi Stamps. I love the artwork in Sliekje's designs, they are so delicate and heartfelt. I coloured the image with a mix of Copics, colored pencils, and then I used stickles on the ice cream and Tulip puffy paint for the whipped cream. Mmmm.... I'd say we are starting Monday off pretty sweet!

Our sponsor this week is the Scrapbook Stamp Shop where you can buy scrapbook paper, discount card stock, scrapbook stickers, and discount paper punches. I hope you will check out our sponsor's website and play along this week by creating a sweet card for our challenge. Thanks for stopping by my blog and have a wonderful day!

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Hello all you night owls! Here is a quick late night post to make the Stella Says Sketch deadline at the Catch The Bug Challenge blog. I've used the Halloween Mummy digital stamp by Bugaboo. I used a Gelly Roll pen in clear star to accent the mummy and the Fiskars Webs We Weave edge punch. Have a wonderful night.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Halloween will be here in thirteen days! This Halloween Petite Purse and card is perfect for a work colleague or friend. The card is super fast to create if you're in a pinch for time, a little embossing, a few layers, a stamped and punched spider add a couple of googly eyes and you've got a simple Halloween card. The Petite Purse Bigz die and all supplies by Stampin' Up! Thanks for stopping by my blog!

This Halloween Petite Purse and Card are linked to the following challenge:

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Hello! I hope you had a great day. After my work meeting today I headed home to attempt the challenge at CASology. This Shooting Star Card was made using the cue word NIGHT. When I was searching through my stamp stash I found the Wish Upon a Shooting Star sentiment stamp and I knew I had to incorporate it into my card. I stamped the star and then added the trail behind it. I definitely think there is room for improvement but that will have to happen another day. Thanks for stopping by my blog.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

You can never have too many thank you cards! That's my philosophy anyway. This Le Fleur Thank You Card was made using this weeks Mojo Monday Sketch. I love the bold colours in this Graphic 45 patterned paper. To soften the look I added a butterfly with pearl accents. I hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Monday, October 15, 2012

Good Morning! It's another Monday and time for another challenge at Created With Love Challenges. This weeks theme is Somethings Cookin' and our wonderful sponsor is Guylou's Inimitability Digistamps. My card features the Thanksgiving Goodies digistamp which I printed onto very vanilla card stock by Stampin' Up! and coloured with my Copic markers. So, what creative way can you use the Somethings Cookin' theme to play along at Created With Love Challenges? I look forward to finding out. Thanks for stopping by my blog and have a great day!

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Hello! The CAS-ual Friday challenge this week is, CFC74: Create a Clean And
Simple project with a heart.This Love You Card is what I came up with for the challenge. A simple and savvy casual card. Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Although I love Autumn and cooler weather, I am not a big fan of it getting dark early. For the last several days I've come home from work and wanted to crawl in bed, but today I resisted. This weeks ColourQ challenge was calling my name. The colours are perfect for a Halloween card! After debating how I wanted to use the colours I created this Cat Trick or Treat Card. I paper pieced the sack, star, and hat band on the stamped image and coloured the remaining parts with Crayola colored pencils. Thanks for stopping by my blog and have a wonderful night/morning/afternoon (you pick which one applies)!!!

Monday, October 8, 2012

Good afternoon! I've spent the morning doing a little laundry and creating this Thankful Card for the Mojo Monday and The Pink Elephant challenges. I used Bo Bunny patterned paper and stamps from the Apple Cider collection. The stamped images are heat embossed and then fussy cut. The colors of card stock used is by Stampin' Up!, early espresso, cajun craze, very vanilla, old olive and more mustard. I really love the beautiful Autumn colors in the Apple Cider collection.

If you're not in the Autumn mood yet, check out the photo of some pumpkin oatmeal muffins I made yesterday and pretend you can smell the cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Mmmm!!! Thanks for stopping by my blog and enjoy your day!

Good morning and if you live in the United States happy Columbus Day! It's time for another challenge at Created With Love Challenges. Are you feeling a red and blue vibe? I hope so! The challenge this week is to create a BIRTHDAY card using red & blue. Our sponsor this week is Delicious Doodles Yummy Digital Images and my card features their wonderful Kitty With Gift image. I hope you feel the inspiration to join us at Created With Love Challenges and thanks for stopping by my blog.

Happy Friday everyone! This past week was busy for me so I didn't have time to make a card until today. I have to tell you I'm loving the weather this morning! It was a cool fifty degrees and it's really the first morning that it feels like fall. In case you haven't looked at the calendar lately, we now have 26 days until Halloween and I can't wait. This Bat Halloween Card was made using the Color Splash challenge at The Play Date Cafe and the Halloween challenge at Craft Us Crazy. I recently received the Toxic Treats stamp set by Stampin' Up! and I couldn't wait to use it! The bottom picture shows the little embossed purple toad on the bottom of the card. Thanks for stopping by my blog and have a wonderful weekend!!!

Monday, October 1, 2012

It's very rare for me to post three cards in one day however, today was my day off. Since cleaning is never my first choice, I opted to spend time creating a card for a couple of challenges. This It's Your Birthday Card was made using the Mojo Monday Sketch and using the Tic Tac Toe challenge at The Paper Players. I went with ribbon, yellow & gray and birthday for the Tic Tac Toe challenge. The two challenges went well together and I really like how the card turned out. Have a great day!

I LOVE the colours of Autumn leaves and I'm loving all the fall card challenges right now. Last night I was playing around with my new Wonderfall stamp set by Stampin' Up! and I created this Leaves Thanksgiving card. The design is simple but effective. Sometimes big embellishments take away from the focal point, but with this card the leaves deserve all the attention.

Good morning! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. We've had one full week of fall and I'm ready for the cooler weather to arrive. Are you in the mood for Christmas? I hope so! The challenge this week at Created With Love Challenges is a Christmas theme challenge. Our sponsor is Bugaboo Digi Stamps and this Let it Snow Card features their Winter Birds - Snowman image. Now, it's your turn to make a Christmas card and play along with Created With Love Challenges. Thanks for stopping by my blog and have a great day.

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A crafting enthusiast for as long as I can remember. I love all things creative especially making handmade cards. I've been married for twenty years and we live in Oklahoma. We have three adorable felines who make life interesting.